ARTSBEAT; 'Star Trek' Shuttle Sells for $70,000

By ROBIN POGREBIN

Published: July 2, 2012

The ''Star Trek'' shuttle craft from the U.S.S. Enterprise sold Thursday at auction for more than $70,000 after a bidding war, the Associated Press reported.

The partially restored 24-foot-long Galileo craft that was used in the original 1960s TV series had been stored by a collector in the area of Akron, Ohio, for years, according to a report in the Repository in Canton.

Brooks Ames, the auctioneer, said the sale price jumped during the final 90 seconds of the auction as three late bidders fought to win the structure.

Mr. Ames said he believed the buyer plans to restore the prop shuttle craft and possibly display it in a museum.

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